Localized Literary History: Sub-text and Cultural Heritage in the Āmer Śāstrabhaṇḍār, A Digambara Manuscript Repository in Jaipur

The article critically discusses the underlying principles for the writing of literary history. It rejects a universalized model and proposes a new approach of "localized literary history" that is theoretically rooted in metahistorical concepts of "textory" and "sub-text&quo...

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Main Author: Kragh, Ulrich Timme 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2013
In: International Journal of Jaina Studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-53
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Summary:The article critically discusses the underlying principles for the writing of literary history. It rejects a universalized model and proposes a new approach of "localized literary history" that is theoretically rooted in metahistorical concepts of "textory" and "sub-text". The method takes its starting point in local text-collections rather than national literature. With the Jain Āmer Śāstrabhaṇḍhār repository in Jaipur as a point of departure, it is demonstrated how a study of a local manuscript collection reveals a literary history, which cannot be encountered by the universalized approach.
ISSN:1748-1074
Contains:Enthalten in: International Journal of Jaina Studies